True Detective tale recounts Ike Gravelle Montana crime saga
Helena correspondent chronicles Ike Gravelle the phantom train wrecker in a May True Detective Magazine feature by Daniel Boyle. The piece, illustrated with Montana locations, follows the 1903 dynamite outrages, extortion letters, manhunt, Gravelle’s capture in Helena, trial, and deadly end, with ties to Priest’s Pass and Governor Toole’s home.
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Helena
Ike Gravelle
Montana
True Detective Magazine
Daniel Boyle
Yellowstone
Northern Pacific Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Jack Keenan
Billings Gazette
Northern Pacific
Gravelle
J. K. Toole
Boyle
Yellowstone River
Livingston
J. M. Hannaford
Yellowstone Division
Butte
O. E. Goddard
Shorty
Rock Canyon
Bozeman
W. J. McFettridge
Northern Pacific Secret Service
Goddard
William Stadtz
Joe Chavey
St. Paul
Charles Gardner
Missoula
Kid Curry
Curry
Travis
Stadtz
Chavey
Jeff O’connell
Mullan Pass
Route decision set for new road around Red Lodge
The plan routes the northern highway crossing east of the Northern Pacific tracks to tie with Broadway pavement at its north end and from the south end exit through the tourist park along Rock creek to meet the surveyed line 200 feet south of West Fork road junction. Supporters cite route advantages outweighing objections.
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Red Lodge
Northern Pacific
Broadway
Rock Creek
West Fork Road
Man Clings to Missoula Highlander Beer Relic
In Missoula, W. S. Danforth is among the few who retained real beer from the pre prohibition era. He worked in the bottling works when the state went dry on January 1, 1919 and helped preserve part of the last brewery run as relics. Danforth saved two bottles, one of which remains with the old Highlander Beer label after another was broken years ago.
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St. Paul
Boyle
Helena
Priest's Pass
Townsend
Nick Revis
Hank Monroe
Britt and Sillers
Ike Gravelle
Joe Spurzem
Myron Shanks
Gravelle
A. M. Holter Hardware Company
Priest Pass
Main Street
Henry Co. Smith
Holter
Anton Korizek
Ed Jones
Ewing Street
Buck Dillard
Court House
Gardner
Missoulian
W. S. Danforth
Missoula
Danforth
Highlander Beer
West
Custer
Little Big Horn
Crow Agency
Elizabeth Custer, widow of General, dies at 91 in New York
Elizabeth Bacon Custer, widow of General George A. Custer, died in her Park Avenue apartment in New York City at age 91 from heart disease. A veteran of frontier campaigns she wrote Boots and Saddles and defended her husband’s actions for decades. She leaves two nieces with her when she died and was born in Monroe, Michigan.
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Elizabeth Bacon Custer
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Park Avenue
New York City
General Custer
The
Golden Locks
Custer
Murray Hill
Charles W. Elmer
Brooklyn
Lula Custer
Monroe
Mich
Daniel S. Bacon
Richmond
Grant
New York
Yellow Hair
Crow Agency
Irebates on Auto Licenses Ready
Montana auto owners who paid excess fees for 1883 license plates will receive refunds. A certified list of eligible passengers and trucks is being prepared and sent to county treasurers for approval. Warrants will be mailed to applicants after the county boards issue them.
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Montana
Legislative Assembly
8. C. Small
Regis
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Boards of Commissioners
R. N. Hawking
Austin B. Middleton
Butte City Finances Tight as May Tax Relief Looms
Butte city funds show the general fund at 2319.86 dollars, street and alley 366.88, parks and play grounds 240.30, library 1921.10, and drivers license 576.68, with May taxes expected to ease strain. A prominent sheepman, Anton Ondahl, 50, is found dead on the Yellowstone bank near Big Timber after disappearing in February, ending speculation about his fate.
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Butte
McTagart
Yellowstone
Big Timber
Anton Ondahl
Ondahl
Nick Lorig
California
North Dakota
Norway
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Dillard
Rodney
Ewing
Fifth Avenue
Toole Home
Ray Cements
Sergeant Spurzem
Spurzem
Joe
Grayvelle
Annals of Montana
Helena-Butte
State Highway Commission
Boulder Basin
Lookout Pass
Missoula-Spokane
Browning
Glacier Park
King’s Hill
West Gallatin
Monida Pass
Salt Lake City
Deep Creek Canyon
Spokane
Plains
Thompson Falls
Sand Point
I. B. Mining Company
Bannock
Western Iron Works
Beaverhead County
Montana Railroad Commission
Billings
Sidney
Harry B. Schafer
Anaconda
Azaconda
Internal Revenue
Kirby Hoon
Jeffries Coal Mining Company
W. H. Poorman
Raymond T. Nagle
Jeremiah J. Lynch
Musselshell County
Levy
James J. Brett
Gallatin
Lewis and Clark
Cascade
Silver Bow
Fergus
Flathead
Park
Hil
Deer Lodge
Federal Building
Charles Weitz & Sons
Watt
Sonny Ui
Mey
Conoco
GEORGE A. i\CusTER
George A. Custerr
Curer
Skirringe
Buly
Irebates
Butte General Fund
Brazil
Funda
Getel
Firepreof
Bonn
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